I planted (εγω εφυτευσα). First aorist active indicative of old verb φυτευω. This Paul did as Luke tells us in Ac 18:1-18.

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I have planted. The apostle here compares the establishment of the church at Corinth to the planting of a vine, a tree, or grain. The figu…

I have planted, Apollos watered.—By an image borrowed from agricultural proce es, the Apostle explains the relationship b…

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; b…

Paul bluntly states, “I planted the seed,” and quickly adds, “Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.” In vv.7–9 he draws some conclusions from h…

I have planted, Apollos watered. He unfolds more clearly the nature of that ministry by an analogy, in which the nature of the word and th…

I have planted
That is, ministerially; otherwise the planting of souls in Christ, and the implanting of grace in the…

The ministers about whom the Corinthians contended were only instruments used by God. We should not put ministers into the place of God.